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Tom Hendricks's Blog – March 2011 Archive (12)

Poems - up to the end of March

Poems Written up to the end of March 2011

POEMS

Matisse and the Fauves

did for color

What Picasso and Braque

did for form.

though I

live alone

I still own

two chairs

a late supper

alone in the cafe

clink go glasses

in another booth

paper dolls

holding…

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Added by Tom Hendricks on March 29, 2011 at 10:45am — No Comments

The Fashion Issue - Musea #179

Readers,

Musea Issue #179 (Feb/Mar/Apri, The FASHION ISSUE is out on print AND on the Musea website*. Not only does the cover have a wonderful starlet photo of a real beauty (she is a fashion plate - what a dish!), but the inside has over 40 fashion drawings with all kinds of new fashion ideas. Check it out and dress appropriately! Send an SASE to me for a free copy.

* Sorry but only the print version has the illustrations.

Tom Hendricks

(editor of…

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Added by Tom Hendricks on March 27, 2011 at 9:57pm — No Comments

Two Songs About Dallas: Dallas / Pegasus, From LOST TAPES SERIES

The LOST TAPES series. (Music from the 80's and 90's re-found.)

Two songs about Dallas: The Lost Tape: DALLAS (THIS TOWN LIES IN THE FUTURE), and PEGAUS an instrumental saluting the symbol of Dallas.

Dallas may play a key role in music and the arts of the future. Here are two songs heralding that future.

DALLAS (THIS TOWN LIES IN THE FUTURE) …

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Added by Tom Hendricks on March 25, 2011 at 10:30am — No Comments

WMZ weekly art contest for fun 3/22/11

The answer to, and winner (if any) for, our last contest question of:

This children's book author and illustrator was also an accomplished

biologist who was drummed out when she supported the idea of lichen as

being symbiotic algae and fungi. The men scientists couldn't tolerate

such original thinking, let alone from a woman. Name her and her most

famous work

IS:

Beatrix Potter known for The Tale of Peter…

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Added by Tom Hendricks on March 22, 2011 at 10:13am — No Comments

Poems Written Up to the Middle of March

Poems Written up to the middle of March 2011

POEMS

I wrote a novel

of the sea

so realistic

that I insisted

each copy sold

was sopping wet

"Ahoy ye salts

feel the spray!

Ahoy ye salts

get on board!"

2. (Head brain and Enteric Nervous System)

more and more

it seems to me

we are creatures

of two…

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Added by Tom Hendricks on March 17, 2011 at 8:58am — No Comments

WMZ weekly art contest for fun

The answer to, and winner (if any) for, our last contest question of:

This fashion historian devised a famous 'fashion cycle' in 1937. Name him and his law.

IS:

James Laver. Laver's Law first appeared in Taste and Fashion in 1937. His cycle starts with INDECENT = 10 years before its time, and ends with BEAUTIFUL = 150 years after it's time. See the full cycle here:…

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Added by Tom Hendricks on March 16, 2011 at 11:10am — No Comments

National Hiring Day #2 3/15/11

Today March 15, is National Hiring Day #2.

See also - NATIONAL HIRING DAY discussions

http://wp.me/p5S9X-kQ

The idea is simple:

There is a solution to the jobs problem and it could quickly put hundreds of thousands of people back to work. It is not pro left or right. It is not from any corporation, it's outside the government control, it's totally voluntary, and helps all with little sacrifice from…

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Added by Tom Hendricks on March 15, 2011 at 9:36am — No Comments

First Official Pop Lit Story Opening Contest

THE FIRST OFFICIAL POP LIT STORY OPENING CONTEST

is now underway at

www.americanpoplit.blogspot.com

200 words max

story openings only

one entry per writer

Do the entries grab the reader from the first words?

Do they leave you wanting more?

THAT's the criteria.

If you can do better, post an…

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Added by Tom Hendricks on March 8, 2011 at 11:09am — No Comments

WMZ Art Contest 3/8/11

The answer to, and winner (if any) for, our last contest question of:

This female artist was quoted as saying, "They never raised a statue to a critic!" Name her.

IS:

Dancer Martha Graham. The same sentiment was also said by composer Jean Sibelius

I had no eligible winners. Seems there are no statues for contestants this week either!

I don't dumb down, so please wise up!

Now on to a new Q.: Win a copy of my NEW cd CALLED ‘30′! –…

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Added by Tom Hendricks on March 8, 2011 at 11:02am — No Comments

Media is part of the Jobs Problem Musea E-mail Club #524

Readers, we have a serious unemployment problem in this country. The best solutions, such as National Hiring Day (called by Musea), or One Job For America suggest corporate responsibility as part of the solution.

That is something that the media refuses to talk about. They talk about individuals and the job problem, or the government reaction to the job problem, but hardly ever corporate responsibility in the job problem. Here is some discussion on the issue. More on my blog…

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Added by Tom Hendricks on March 5, 2011 at 9:15am — No Comments

Poems Written Late February 2011

Poems Written near the end of February 2011

POEMS

in meditation

we rise up

like a dew drop

under the sun

Behind that cliff

I imagine

10,000 birds

on the wing

3. [Nonsense verse]

There is a wild and mysticated wood

haunted by phantom familiars

that stalk the ether that sometimes lodges

in the fragrance of certain…

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Added by Tom Hendricks on March 3, 2011 at 8:40pm — No Comments

WMZ Art Contest 3/2/11

The answer to, and winner (if any) for, our last contest question of:

Here is a series. The question is what comes next in the series. Clue

it has to do with something in the arts.

Kansas City, New Orleans, El Paso, _____?

IS:

Clarksville. The series was of song titles that reached #1, that mention the names of cities in their title. Kansas City by Wilbert Harrison, The Battle of New Orleans by Johnny Horton, El Paso by Marty Robbins, and…

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Added by Tom Hendricks on March 2, 2011 at 9:45am — No Comments